Sasuke
quietly got up from his bed, rubbing the grogginess from his eyes.
He looked around and noticed he was in a room. At closer inspection,
he realized it was his room. But it did not look like it had been
abandoned for five years like it was supposed to. "What
am I doing here?" he thought. The last
thing he remembered was talking to Sakura and now he's in his old
room. Suddenly his bedroom door slid open to reveal a woman with
long black hair and eyes that seemed to match, it was Uchiha, Mikoto.

"Sasuke
get up it's time for breakfast, everyone is waiting on you." the
woman said.

"Of
course it's me honey, are you feeling well?" Mikoto asked feeling
his forehead for any sign of a fever.

"But-but
you're dead." Sasuke stated.

"Did
you have a bad dream Sasuke? Because I can assure you that I am very
much alive." Mikoto said.

"Dad?
Everybody?" Sasuke asked.

"Everybody
is fine Sasuke, now come down to breakfast." Mikoto said.

"I'll
be down in a minute." Sasuke said. Satisfied, the woman left the
room. Sasuke just sat there. "What the hell
is going on?" he thought.

Sasuke
made his way down to breakfast, only to be met with the face of not
only his father but his brother too. Mikoto quickly set a place for
Sasuke as he sat down to eat with his family.

"Good
morning, Sasuke." his father, Fugaku said.

"Good
morning little brother." Itachi said.

"Good
morning father, Itachi." Sasuke said as he eyed Itachi warily.

"Sasuke
you must hurry, Kakashi said to meet him at the gates at noon for
your mission." Mikoto said.

"I
have a mission?" Sasuke asked.

"Of
course you have a mission, you've only had this mission planned out
for the last couple of weeks." Fugaku said.

"Are
you sure you're feeling alright?" Mikoto asked.

"Of
course, it must have just slipped my mind with that nightmare that I
had." Sasuke said shaking his head to clear it.

Sasuke
quickly finished his breakfast and excused himself from the table. He
didn't know what was going on but he would go along with it for
now, because he had to admit, it felt nice having a family again. As
he packed for his mission he wondered if Naruto and Sakura were still
on his team. It would be nice to bug the Dobe again and Sakura well
she was just Sakura. I wonder if she is as strong as she was when I
last saw her. He didn't know if it had been a dream or if this was
a dream it was all very confusing. He finished packing grabbed his
stuff and set off towards the gates.

"Teme
are you ok? We've never met a Sakura before." Naruto said.
Sasuke couldn't believe it, Sakura didn't exist. But she had
saved his life not that long ago in real life, or was it a dream he
didn't know he was so confused.

"Good
morning everybody." a low voice said.

"Ah!
Hinata-chan! Where have you been? I was starting to worry about
you." Naruto said as her embraced the girl. She in return turned
completely red.

"Sorry
Naruto-kun but my father wanted to talk to me before I left." she
said in a low-sweet voice.

….Sasuke
just didn't understand, but he resolved to just not think about it.
Sakura would turn up eventually and Naruto would remember and
everything would be okay. But she didn't turn up.

Days
went by.

Days
turned into weeks.

Weeks
turned into months.

Before
he knew it, Sasuke had been there for almost a whole year. He could
barely remember Sakura anymore.

"Good
morning mom and thanks." he said as he rubbed the sleep from his
eyes.

"Now
Sasuke hurry up and get dressed, we have something very important to
tell you." Mikoto said, her expression serious.

"Okay."
Sasuke said. He quickly got dressed and made his way downstairs, his
whole family was waiting for him in the living room.

"What's
going on?" he asked.

"Sasuke,
please sit down." Mikoto said gesturing towards a chair.

"Sasuke
please listen this is very important." Fugaku said.

"You
know that we love you, and it has been wonderful spending all this
lost time with you." Mikoto began.

"What
are you talking about?" Sasuke asked confused.

"Please
listen to mother." Itachi said.

"Like
I was saying Sasuke, it has been wonderful spending all this time
together like a real family but there is something that you need to
do." Mikoto said.

"What
is it?" Sasuke asked.

"You
need to let us go." Mikoto whispered out a tear falling from her
eye.

"What?"
Sasuke said.

"Sasuke,
it is time to let us go. You have held on to this for too long, what
you do no understand is that we cannot rest in peace until you let us
go. Move on with your life Sasuke, you deserve to be happy."

"But-."
Sasuke began.

"No
Sasuke no buts. Now follow me." Mikoto said standing up. She led
him to a door that he had never seen before. "Has
that always been there?" he thought.

"On
the other side of this door, someone is waiting for you." Mikoto
said. "She had been waiting for you for a long time. You must go
to her."

"Remember
that all we ever wanted was for you to be happy." Fugaku said.

"He
is right little brother, and you deserve it more than anybody."
Itachi said.

"Now
go, she has waited long enough." Mikoto said.

Sasuke
just looked at all them for a minute taking in the happy family image
for the last time. He turned towards the door, took a deep breath
and slowly opened the door. A white light engulfed him.

Sasuke
slowly opened his eyes, seeing nothing but blurs for a second. But
as they began to clear he saw a familiar head of pink hair sitting
beside him. Her head was laying beside his hand. "She's
asleep." he thought. He slowly moved his
hand towards her hair and stroked it softly.

"Sa-ku-ra."
he said his voice a bit rough from not being used in so long. She
stirred.

"Sakura."
he said again in a low voice. Her head shot up and she looked around
wildly her eyes finally landing on him.

"Sakura."
he said once again. She gasped.

"S-Sasuke?"
she asked. "Sasuke, you're awake." She cupped his face in her
hands and tears began to fall down her face.

"Sakura,
what happened?" Sasuke asked. She hesitated, not knowing if she
should tell him or not.

"You
have been in a coma for almost a year now." Sakura whispered.

"Really?"
Sasuke asked in disbelief.

"Yes,
but that doesn't matter now because you are awake." Sakura said
putting a smile on her face. Sasuke smiled back as he tried to sit
up, something didn't feel right. He tried to move his leg to push
himself up, nothing happened. He tried again but with the other leg,
nothing happened.

"I
can't feel my legs! What the hell is going on?!" Sasuke said as
he began to throw anything near him. Sakura quickly called for a
nurse.

"I
need an anesthetic!" she yelled as the nurse came.

"NO!
I NEED SOMEONE TO TELL ME WHY MY LEGS WON'T WORK!" Sasuke
shouted. The nurse rushed his with the anesthetic. Sakura found a
way around Sasuke's flailing arms and she applied the anesthesia.
The last thing Sasuke saw was Sakura's worried face before
everything went black.